Music Is A Powerful Agent Of Change: Guest Post By MSA’s Amy Morrison
By Amy Morrison, Music Sustainability Alliance In the face of the climate crisis, it’s critical that the music industry steps up and uses its voice to inspire action. Scientists, policymakers, companies, and activists play pivotal roles in addressing this emergency,…
The Green Team: Music Sustainability Alliance Bringing Together The Music Industry For Climate Action
The past year saw dozens of concerts and festivals affected by severe weather, from shows interrupted by disasters including tornados to gigs such as Taylor Swift’s Nov. 18 “Eras Tour” performance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, called off because of…
Raising Your Voice: AJR’s Adam Met, PhD, Encourages Artists To Promote Climate Action
A lyric from a song can have quite an effect on a person, changing their perspective on life and forever forging a connection between them and the artist reciting it. It’s the power of music, one that Adam Met, bassist…
Dickey Betts: ‘Insurmountable’ legacy
BROTHERLY LOVE: Dickey Betts leads the Allman Brothers Band during a 1993 show at Laguna Seca Racetrack in Monterey, California. (Getty Images) Betts influenced many southern rock guitarists Dickey Betts was the secret weapon for the Allman Brothers Band, “pickin’…
Making (Ou)r.World Better With Reusable Serveware
While 2023 was a remarkable year for the live entertainment industry, it was a difficult one for the planet hosting all the memorable events fans flocked to. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that 2023 was the warmest year…
ASM Global Appoints Lindsay Arell As Chief Sustainability Officer
On the heels of forming a partnership with r.World to roll out reusable service ware across its North American venues by 2025, ASM Global is doubling down on sustainability with its most recent hiring. The venue management company announced the…
The Academic Eco-Warrior Quantifier: MIT’s John Fernández On Coldplay, Live Biz & Why Carbon Offsets Were ‘Mostly Garbage’ Until Recently
For Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor John E. Fernández, Professor John E. Fernández — who heads up the university’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), and who is certifying Coldplay’s sustainability efforts on Pollstar’s Q1 chart-topping “Music of the Spheres Tour,” working…
‘The Power To Make The Right Asks’: Green Riders Give Artists Leverage In Sustainability Push
Artist riders have a certain reputation. Ask the man on the Clapham omnibus and he’s likely to describe a degenerate catalog of stereotypical rock ’n’ roll excess and/or an inscrutable, hyperspecific list of diva-assuaging demands. There are plenty of attested…
The (Carbon-Emitting) Elephant In The (Sustainability) Room: Fan Transportation
Music and entertainment have often been on the right side of history and ahead of the curve when it comes to social and political causes. From breaking color barriers to smashing gender stereotypes, music can lead the groundswell simmering just…
The Good Earth: REVERB Celebrates 20 Years Of Making Touring More Sustainable
When Adam Gardner, guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster, met his wife, Lauren Sullivan, while at Tufts University in 1992, he was intrigued by her passion for environmentalism. She’s gone on to earn her masters in Environmental Education from…
Brittany Howard, Dave Matthews, Others Pay Tribute To REVERB
Over the course of their 20 years operating, REVERB has had a collection of artists and music industry professionals collaborating with them. From Billie Eilish to The Lumineers, from ODESZA to Dave Matthews Band, artists are proud of the work…
Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest And Foreigner Get Into Rock Hall
Mary J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton.…
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